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It can be so nice to take time out and treat yourself while travelling, so when Intrepid Express reader Julie Davis discovered she would be in Peru for her birthday, she figured the ideal way to feel pampered would be to have a haircut. But that was just the start of her birthday celebrations…

“My birthday was never the best time of year, as it is in December and most of my friends went away on holidays when I was younger. So when I was travelling through South America heading to Brazil, I decided that my birthday celebration could wait until Carnival. After all, I was travelling on an overland adventure and the trip itself was my present.